Wormy Persimmon Bowl

Two shots of a wormy persimmon bowl. It took hours with a small pick to clean the sawdust compacted in the cavities.

Past Weeks Work

Left side detail.

Center detail.

Right side detail.

Middle stages of an eastern red cedar bar designed with my associate.

Ten spoons in black walnut, osage orange and soft maple. Carved in the past month under a mulberry tree with axe and knife.

Soft maple, osage orange, and walnut.

Osage orange.

Roman “V” signograph.

Here is the Thomas panel in it’s present state, and a detail of three new characters to the left of Jesus and Thomas.

From left, bearded disciple (not sure who), John, and Mary Magdalene.

Working out the first of a series of headboards in ash and walnut.

What relationships work?

Fitting the scribed pieces.

Possible locations for butterflies.

Detail of scribed “joint”.

Below are three details from the Panel of Thomas touching Jesus’ wounds, with the disciples gathered. The panel is 54″ x 32″.

A large group of figures making up the right half of the composition.

Thomas and Jesus.

Peter.

The working drawing.

Below are some views of the walnut long-table as well as a colored print of “Go On, Job, Bread and Water” framed in walnut for my friend.